Belgium is renowned for its beer and chocolate - but not mixed together!

But at a temporary brewery set up inside BBC Radio Cleveland's Newport Road offices they have been brewing beer made from Belgian chocolate.

Organiser David Fryer was one of the first to try the strange brew.

He said: "It's a bit like ground coffee, only a lot stronger and there's definitely a chocolate finish to it. It tasted really good."

The idea for the temporary brewery came from organisers of the Wear Valley Food Festival. Once the beer was bottled and barreled it was delivered to Auckland Castle for revellers to taste at last Saturday's event.

As far as anyone knows, a beer has never been produced in a BBC studio. Fellow organiser Sue Snowdon said: "There is a niche market for this."